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Showing posts with label green hotels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label green hotels. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Greener Car Rentals - at Vroom Vroom Vroom

Vroom Vroom Vroom is making car rentals GREENER.
In addition to allowing you to shop for the best rate at major agencies ... they will help offset your carbon emissions. They will also help you book green hotels.

" ... rental booking engine combines every major US Car Rental Supplier into one simple search. ... guaranteed the cheapest price on the best vehicles every single time."

"... is paying for all of the carbon offsets for all car rentals reserved through VroomVroomVroom.com. ... average contribution to offset carbon emissions for each car rental is $3.32. ... continue to be

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"environmentally responsible" and drive to a "Green Hotel" available in every price range in almost every city. "

" ... iin the US from Avis, Alamo , Budget, Enterprise, Hertz, National and Thrifty, at the lowest price possible. ... with over 2,000 car rental depots throughout the USA ..."

" ... one gallon of gas produces approximately 20 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) ... VroomVroomVroom estimates the amount of carbon produced by each car ... on average mileage driven ... "

Via: vroomvroomvroom.com LINK



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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Great Wolf Lodge Goes GREEN with "Project Green Wolf"

Great Wolf lodge has taken a number of steps to become more green and is using this in promotion materials -- a good idea as many families want to be green in their actions / vacations. They are the "first - and only - U.S. Hotel chain to have all U.S. properties Green Seal Certified Silver".

" ... Project Green Wolf, our initiative to make all of our resorts environmentally friendly. ... feel strongly that it's important for us to be leaders in environmentally responsible tourism, too. And we've heard from many of our guests that being "green" was extremely important to them. ... like to think of it as sustainable fun."

Here are some of their green efforts ... "... recycle almost all the water in [the] waterpark every day, changing lightbulbs, replacing showerheads, switching to friendlier soaps and detergents".

Also ... printing brochures on 30%chlorine free recycled paper and offering green tips and green links in their printed brochures.


Via: Great Wolf Lodge LINK